Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: Descriptive overview of an under-recognized diagnosis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 324-325

  Braver, Omri ^a   Leibman, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome; Cannabis; CB1 receptor; Drug abuse; Hot shower; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; THIAMINE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CANNABINOID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CANNABINOID HYPEREMESIS SYNDROME; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS USE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SINUS RHYTHM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH SERVICE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; CANNABINOIDS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 84930516757     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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